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“I was fortunate to be able to attend the NACM Mid-year Conference in Orange County this year. I was amazed by the hunger I saw from the attendees for connection to other courts and knowledge of how to lead. Sharing the CORE® Competencies amongst each other is a great start to changing court cultures and building a team that extends beyond our individual courts. I am excited for the future of the American court system.”

“The CORE® program has been invaluable to me as a new Court Administrator. Being new to a leadership role within the courts a “learn as you go” approach is often taken. The program has provided a structured avenue to explore various facets of court administration, helped identify areas of strength and weakness, and provided new perspectives beyond the district and the state where I work… several key tools from the CORE® program have positively impacted both my leadership journey and the district where I work…the CORE® program has provided tools for me to expand my knowledge and refine processes within my district.”

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CORE® Curriculum

Target: New to Advanced
Structure: Self-Paced
Estimated length: Each curriculum contains up to 16 hours of training content

The CORE® Curriculum is intended to promote the interests and further educate court professionals. The thirteen curricula are broken in to modules, principle, vision, and practice and define and demonstrate how they integrate into everyday work and in different type of courts.

Users of the CORE® can choose to learn by reading each curriculum set or by participating in the CORE® Champion program.

More advanced users can utilize the curriculum to structure and teach their own sessions in each competency.

Certificates are only awarded through the CORE® Champion Program.

> View the 2023 Core® Guide

CORE® Champion Program

Target: New to Intermediate
Structure: In-Person, Virtual, or Self-led via recorded sessions
Estimated length: 26-30 hours

The purpose of the CORE® Champion Program is four-fold:

strengthen court professionals
provide greater exposure to the CORE®
recognize attendance at qualified CORE® sessions
allow participants to demonstrate basic understanding on the 13 CORE® Competencies

To participate, NACM members attend qualified sessions or view qualified recorded sessions, complete and submit a structured response form, this form is reviewed by a committee for credit. Certificates are awarded for milestones throughout the program. To obtain the final CORE® Champion award, members must submit a short essay regarding what they learned and how they will apply the curriculum in their court.

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Featured Competency

Ethics

Court leadership requires ethical actions and leaders must be ethical in order preserve the public’s trust and confidence for the judiciary and the value of rule of law. Ethics is the expression of a personal commitment to the principles of citizenship and justice; and demonstrates the court leaders’ pledge; the pledge to court staff, to the judges, to other justice community leaders, and to the public that the courts serve.

Public Relations CORE® Curriculum

A Working Group has completed updates to the Public Relations CORE® Curriculum! After much careful work, important curriculum updates will help courts thrive in a new landscape